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 the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
developments in
e-learning are providing the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Mali to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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