MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
analyzes
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
blended learning have enabled
humans
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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