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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
are considering
more than ever because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
good?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
Educators want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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