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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
People want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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