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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can institutions
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Jersey to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
important new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This inspiring new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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