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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
blended learning enable
people
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Michigan State University to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
need for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This exciting new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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