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.
Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
learning technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes online.
These MOOC classes are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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