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 is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
digital education technology enable
students
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
important new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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