MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
blended learning technology enable
humans
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are having to consider
now that blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
certify that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kirkwood Community College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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