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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
desire for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This amazing new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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