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 this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
blended learning technology make it possible for
humans
all over the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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