MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take online courses.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Everyone wants
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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