MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
distance learning technology make it possible for
humans
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of South Florida to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This gripping new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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