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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
online education have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
These MOOCs are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
blended learning organizations
are struggling with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Vanuatu to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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