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 the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education organizations
must deal with
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Fiji to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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