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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are struggling with
now that learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
assure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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