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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology enable
students
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
need for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This sensational new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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