MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
blended learning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Great Basin College to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
these
new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This inspiring new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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