MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
blended learning technology have empowered
students
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
MOOC classes are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Germany to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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