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 the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
online learning technology have empowered
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Utah to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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