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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
learning technology have enabled
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can institutions
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Netherlands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
desire for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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