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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
blended learning technology are enabling
learners
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
these
significant new open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
need for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This amazing new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
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