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 this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
online education have provided the means for
learners
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
undertakings.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This exciting new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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