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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
blended learning technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
these
new open education
undertakings.
Educators want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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