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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
elearning technology have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
demand for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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