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.
Learn more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
online education technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to take courses online.
These MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
topics that
blended learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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