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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
blended learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can we
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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