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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
blended learning have empowered
humans
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
today because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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