MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
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 massive online courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Great Basin College to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
need for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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