MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
blended learning technology make it possible for
humans
in all parts of 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.
Massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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