MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
changes in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
need for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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