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 the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
explores
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
blended learning technology are empowering
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Michigan State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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