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 this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
learning technology make it possible for
students
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
distance learning institutions
are struggling with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Faroe Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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