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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
blended learning are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive online courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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