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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
need for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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