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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
blended learning have provided the means for
humans
all around the world
to take part 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.
MOOCs are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
make sure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Trainers want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
need for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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