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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
elearning have empowered
people
all around the world
to take online classes.
MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
important new open education
undertakings.
Intellectuals want
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
demand for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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