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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online learning have empowered
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
blended learning institutions
are considering
today because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can organizations
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Italy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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