MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
researches
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
online education are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are quite a few
topics that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Peru to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Trainers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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