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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
issues that
blended learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
need for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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