MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
developments in
blended learning technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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