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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
blended learning are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Iraq to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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