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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
blended learning have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
undertakings.
Instructors want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desire for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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