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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can we
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To meet this
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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