MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Bosnia and Herzegovina to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
open educational
initiatives.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
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