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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
important new open education
undertakings.
Teachers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This sensational new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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