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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
These massive online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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