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 this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
digital education technology are providing the means for
humans
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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