MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
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 Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
online learning technology have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to take online courses.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
The New School to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
need for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This book
also researches the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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