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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
electronic educational technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education institutions
must deal with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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