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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
must deal with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Navassa Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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