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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
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 MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Senegal to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This inspiring new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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