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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
distance learning are making it possible for
learners
in nations all around the world
to be participants 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.
These MOOC classes are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Costa Rica to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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