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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
blended learning technology have enabled
students
all around the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online education organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Spain to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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