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 the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
blended learning technology make it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cayman Islands to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
significant new open education
ventures.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
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