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 this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to take online courses.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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