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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
elearning technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
These massive online courses are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning organizations
are dealing with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can students
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Tunisia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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