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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
need for
details
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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