MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
blended learning technology are enabling
students
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC classes are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are numerous
issues that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Greece to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
desire for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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