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 this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
evolvements in
blended learning make it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online courses.
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 massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Saudi Arabia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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