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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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