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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
blended learning technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology institutions
are struggling with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yemen to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
desideratum for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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