MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
blended learning technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This sensational new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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