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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
students
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
blended learning organizations
have to deal with
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Wellesley College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
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