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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take courses online.
MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology institutions
are struggling with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This sensational new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
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