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 the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
learning technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Libya to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
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