MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
blended learning technology have empowered
students
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
blended learning institutions
are considering
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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