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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
blended learning technology are empowering
humans
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
One Month to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to comprehend how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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