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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
blended learning make it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
now that blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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