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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
digital education technology make it possible for
humans
all over the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
need for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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