MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
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.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
blended learning institutions
have to consider
now that e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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