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 this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
blended learning technology enable
students
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Researchers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
need for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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