MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
learning technology are empowering
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to consider
now that distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Teachers want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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