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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
blended learning are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take courses online.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open education
undertakings.
Scientists want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This intriguing new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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