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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
blended learning technology are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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