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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
evolvements in
blended learning have provided the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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