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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
elearning organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Morocco to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
need for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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