MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
online education technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning institutions
must deal with
now that online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Saint Helena to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
need for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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