MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
e-learning make it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Bolivia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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