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 this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advancements in
online education technology have enabled
humans
all over the world
to take classes online.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
open education
undertakings.
Academics want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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