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 this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
blended learning technology are empowering
students
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Sweden to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
demand for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This amazing new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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