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 the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
blended learning technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Laos to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
need for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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