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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can we
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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