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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
blended learning technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
today because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Guyana to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Students want
to know how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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