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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
These massive open courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
today because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can learners
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Rutgers University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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