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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
blended learning technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are considering
now that distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
these
open educational
undertakings.
Universities want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
demand for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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