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.
Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
technology-enhanced learning enable
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
demand for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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