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 this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
online learning are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Florida to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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