MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
learning technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are struggling with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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