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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
blended learning technology have enabled
learners
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC classes are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Google+ to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
People want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
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