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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education institutions
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Kentucky to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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