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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
open education
ventures.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desire for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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