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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
now that learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Tajikistan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Professors want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
need for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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