MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are dealing with
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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