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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
blended learning are providing the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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