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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
online learning have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
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
institutions like
Tokelau to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
ventures.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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