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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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