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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
blended learning have made it possible for
students
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Students want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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