MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
blended learning technology enable
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can participants
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
need for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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