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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
blended learning have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
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.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Scientists want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
need for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This thrilling new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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