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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
developments in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
desire
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This amazing new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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