MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
elearning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are considering
today because blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open education
ventures.
Scholars want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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