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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
demand for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This amazing new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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