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 this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
blended learning technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to take online classes.
These online MOOCs are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Paraguay to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
need for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also analyzes the
most important 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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