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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
need for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
major 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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