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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology institutions
have to consider
now that learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can students
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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