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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
learning technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning organizations
are dealing with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
initiatives.
Academics want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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