MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
e-learning technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
blended learning organizations
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Scottsdale Community College to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This amazing new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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