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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
blended learning have made it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
now that online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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