MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this authoritative 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).
New
advances in
blended learning technology are enabling
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Liberia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Students want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
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