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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
online education have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can students
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Russia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
need for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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