MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
online education technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Canada to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
would like
to better grasp
these
important new open education
ventures.
Corporations want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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