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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
blended learning have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take part 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 online MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
iversity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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