MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
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 Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
online education technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to take courses online.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can institutions
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Universities want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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