MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
evolvements in
e-learning technology have empowered
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
blended learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can participants
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Brown University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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