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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
blended learning have enabled
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Academics want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
demand for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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