MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
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 Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
blended learning have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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