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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
blended learning technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Montserrat to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
undertakings.
Professors want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
need for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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