MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
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
that
describes
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
distance learning technology enable
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massive open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
fascinating new open education
initiatives.
Public servants want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
demand for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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