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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
blended learning technology enable
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online classes.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
are considering
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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