MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
advancements in
online education are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
These MOOC classes are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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