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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
blended learning are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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