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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
advancements in
blended learning technology have empowered
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Rice University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
demand for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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