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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
blended learning are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOCs are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Poland to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
open educational
initiatives.
Corporations want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also investigates 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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