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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
electronic educational technology enable
learners
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology institutions
are considering
more than ever because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This inspiring new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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