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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
advancements in
blended learning technology have enabled
students
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Belize to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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