MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
blended learning technology make it possible for
students
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kingman Reef to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This exciting new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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