MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
electronic education technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
demand for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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