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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
electronic education technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive online courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Students want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational subjects.
This inspiring new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
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