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 this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
advancements in
blended learning have empowered
students
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desire for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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