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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
developments in
learning technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Babson College to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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