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.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advancements in
blended learning enable
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
today because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Togo to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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