MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
explores
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
students
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Marshall Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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