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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online learning technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
blended learning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
need for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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