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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
developments in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take 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.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning institutions
must deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Twitter to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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