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
book
which
deals with
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
online learning have empowered
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning institutions
have to consider
today because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can organizations
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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