MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
elearning are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Solomon Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Researchers want
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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