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
book
that
explores
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
elearning make it possible for
humans
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
blended learning organizations
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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