MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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