MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
online education enable
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
demand for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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