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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
evolvements in
digital education technology make it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can learners
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
desire for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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