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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
blended learning technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
necessity
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also considers the
major 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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