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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
online learning technology are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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