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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
blended learning are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to take online classes.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning institutions
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can educators
ensure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Vietnam to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desire for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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