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 this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to take part in classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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