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 the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
changes in
online education technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desire for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
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