MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
blended learning are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
are considering
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
demand for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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