MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
learning technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can organizations
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
need for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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