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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
blended learning technology are empowering
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online education institutions
are struggling with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can learners
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
need for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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