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 the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
blended learning have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
now that online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to know how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
demand for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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