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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
online education are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
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
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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