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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning organizations
are dealing with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Spain to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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