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 the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning organizations
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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