MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
elearning are enabling
students
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of New Mexico to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
need for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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