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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
blended learning have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can institutions
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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