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.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Clipperton Island to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
need
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
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