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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
blended learning technology make it possible for
humans
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOC classes are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
need for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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