MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
online education technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
need for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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