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 Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
blended learning technology are enabling
humans
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
certify that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Croatia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
need for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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