MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
blended learning technology are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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