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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
People want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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