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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
blended learning are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Tristan da Cunha to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
open educational
ventures.
People want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
desire for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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