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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
blended learning are empowering
learners
all over the world
to take online classes.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
desideratum for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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