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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
electronic education technology are empowering
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
necessity
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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