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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
blended learning are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of New Mexico to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
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