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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
online learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online classes.
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.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Belgium to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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