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 this impressive 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
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
online learning technology are enabling
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Houston System to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
need for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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