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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
Massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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