MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
researches
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
UCSF to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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