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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
blended learning are enabling
learners
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
desire for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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