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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
blended learning are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
need for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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