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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education issues.
This book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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