MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
blended learning technology enable
people
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can participants
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can participants
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Trainers want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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