MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
electronic education technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Teachers want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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