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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are considering
now that online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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