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 this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
blended learning technology are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ghana to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desire for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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