MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
online education technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can institutions
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can participants
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
need for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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