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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
blended learning technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to consider
today because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
open education
undertakings.
Students want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
desire for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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