MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
technology-enhanced learning have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
need for
details
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This sensational new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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