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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
distance learning technology make it possible for
learners
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
need for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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