MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
blended learning technology are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
important new open education
ventures.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This exciting new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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