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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Syria to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
demand for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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