MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
blended learning have made it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
MOOCs are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Korea, South to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
desire for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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