MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
developments in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
now that learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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