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 is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
online education make it possible for
students
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Eritrea to conduct these MOOCs?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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