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.
Find out more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
open education
undertakings.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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