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 this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
blended learning institutions
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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