MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are considering
now that online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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