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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
humans
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
demand for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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