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 this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are considering
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also discusses the
most important 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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