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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
analyzes
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
blended learning technology have enabled
students
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
People want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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