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 the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
e-learning are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive open courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can students
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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