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 is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
elearning are making it possible for
humans
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Canada to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
these
new open educational
ventures.
Researchers want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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