MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
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
studies
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are numerous
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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