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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
online education technology are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOCs are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Michigan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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