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 the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
blended learning technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
New Zealand to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desire for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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