MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
blended learning technology have enabled
humans
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
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
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
make sure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Aruba to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
details
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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