MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
blended learning technology make it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning technology institutions
have to consider
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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