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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
blended learning have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Hungary to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
need for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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