MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
blended learning have enabled
students
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can institutions
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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