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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
blended learning are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online classes.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Montserrat to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desire for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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