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 the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
learning technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
blended learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
need
to understand
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desire for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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