MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
online education technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
need for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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