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 this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
blended learning have enabled
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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