MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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