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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are struggling with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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