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 this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
blended learning have enabled
humans
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education institutions
have to consider
now that learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
demand for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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