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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
topics that
distance learning institutions
are considering
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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