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.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
evolvements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Bouvet Island to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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