MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
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 is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Bellevue University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Lecturers want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This gripping new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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