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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Gambia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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