MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
digital education technology are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning organizations
must deal with
today because learning technology is
developing so fast.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can we
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
People want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
need for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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