MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
blended learning enable
students
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
These MOOC classes are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This inspiring new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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