MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
blended learning institutions
have to consider
now that distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
certify that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can we
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
would like
to understand
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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