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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
learning technology are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Paraguay to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Everyone wants
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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