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 the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
have to deal with
now that learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
The Ohio State University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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