MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
need for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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