MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
distance learning are enabling
learners
all around the world
to take 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 MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Paraguay to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
need for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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