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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
online learning technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Michigan State University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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