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
book
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
blended learning make it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to consider
today because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
desideratum for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This amazing new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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