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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
blended learning have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
need for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This amazing new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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