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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open education
undertakings.
Scholars want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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