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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Central Florida to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to comprehend how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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