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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
blended learning are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Kiribati to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
need
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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