MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
blended learning have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to participate in courses 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 MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are having to deal with
today because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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