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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
blended learning technology make it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online education institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Corporations want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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