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 the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can students
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
need
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
ventures.
Teachers want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
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