MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
digital education technology are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to take classes online.
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 MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
blended learning institutions
have to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Google+ to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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