MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
distance learning technology have empowered
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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