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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kingman Reef to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This exciting new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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