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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online courses.
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 massive open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
have to deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Canada to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
necessity
to comprehend how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Students want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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