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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
blended learning technology are empowering
learners
all around the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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