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 the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
learning technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
French Polynesia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
need for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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