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 this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
online education technology have made it possible for
students
all around the world
to take online classes.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
North Seattle Community College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Students want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This amazing new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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