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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
technology-enhanced learning enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to consider
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can learners
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
People want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also discusses the
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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