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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
These massive online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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