MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
blended learning are enabling
students
all over the world
to take part 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.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning institutions
are considering
now that e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to comprehend how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to comprehend how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
need for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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