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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
electronic education technology are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also describes 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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