MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
blended learning technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are struggling with
today because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
desire for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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