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 the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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