MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
online education enable
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
These MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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