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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
blended learning make it possible for
people
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to deal with
today because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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