MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
now that learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This gripping new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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