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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can participants
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
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