MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
blended learning technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
learning technology institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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