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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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