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 the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
blended learning are empowering
learners
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are dealing with
today because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Cuba to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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