MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
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 Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
learning technology enable
students
in nations all around the world
to take part in online classes.
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 online MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to consider
now that online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Philippines to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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