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.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
digital education technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
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.
MOOC classes are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
People want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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