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 the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
blended learning technology have empowered
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are struggling with
now that learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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