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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
blended learning technology are empowering
humans
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
have to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Norway to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desire for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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