MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
blended learning technology enable
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
open education
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This inspiring new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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