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 this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
blended learning technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Michigan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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