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.
Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
changes in
elearning technology have provided the means for
humans
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Babson College to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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