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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
learning technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
need for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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