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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
online learning technology are making it possible for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
need for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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