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 the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
changes in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
learners
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
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.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cayman Islands to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can educators
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
desire for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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