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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
blended learning technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
necessity
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
desideratum for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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