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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
blended learning have empowered
people
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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