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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Scientists want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
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