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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
digital education technology make it possible for
humans
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
available there is a
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
need for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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