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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
electronic education technology have empowered
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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