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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
blended learning enable
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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