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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
digital education technology are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Sweden to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
demand for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational subjects.
This thrilling new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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