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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
online education are making it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education issues.
This inspiring new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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