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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
developments in
online learning are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Instructors want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This gripping new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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