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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive open courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open educational
ventures.
Researchers want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
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