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 this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
online education have enabled
humans
all over the world
to take online classes.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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