MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
blended learning have enabled
humans
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
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
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
have to deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
France to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
necessity
to comprehend how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
undertakings.
Teachers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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