MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
distance learning technology enable
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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