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 Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
electronic education technology are enabling
students
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Bowling Green State University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
these
important new open education
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also describes 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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