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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Boston University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
People want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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