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 is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
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
blended learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
undertakings.
Professors want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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