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
that
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
distance learning technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also addresses the
major 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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