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 this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
online education technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning institutions
are considering
now that online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Portugal to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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