MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
necessity
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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