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 the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
developments in
blended learning technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
today because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This sensational new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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