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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are considering
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
new open education
initiatives.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
need for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
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