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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
blended learning enable
humans
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are numerous
subjects that
blended learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
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