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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
need for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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