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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
online learning technology are enabling
learners
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to consider
now that online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Florida to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
need for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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