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 the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Macau to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
open education
experiments.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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