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 Around the World is a
book
that
explores
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
humans
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning institutions
are considering
now that e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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