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 this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
blended learning technology make it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are having to consider
today because blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education topics.
This sensational new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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