MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
blended learning technology make it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes 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.
MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
One Month to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also analyzes the
most important 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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