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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
blended learning technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Somalia to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
Everybody wants
to know how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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