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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Professors want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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