MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOCs are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
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