MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
gains in
elearning technology have made it possible for
humans
all around the world
to take online courses.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Bellevue University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
desire for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education topics.
This inspiring new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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