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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses 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 massive online courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Mozambique to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Students want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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