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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
explores
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
online education are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can participants
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
France to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
need for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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