MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to deal with
today because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Serbia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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