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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
blended learning have empowered
people
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Universities want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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