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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
online learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Canada to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
People want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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