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
book
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
blended learning have enabled
people
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.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Lithuania to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
desire
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Instructors want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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