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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
electronic educational technology are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to take part 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
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
blended learning institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ball State University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
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