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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
blended learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Brown University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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