MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
blended learning are empowering
learners
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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