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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
blended learning have made it possible for
learners
all around the world
to take online courses.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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