MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
e-learning technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOC classes are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
important new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
need for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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