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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
electronic educational technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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