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 the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
elearning technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to take online courses.
These MOOCs are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
blended learning institutions
are dealing with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Greece to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
need for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This amazing new book
also reviews 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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