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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
blended learning are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
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