MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
e-learning have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to consider
today because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Namibia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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