MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
blended learning technology make it possible for
learners
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
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.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This amazing new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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