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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
researches
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This exciting new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
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