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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
blended learning technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
demand for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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