MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
humans
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
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 online MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
blended learning institutions
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to know how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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