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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
blended learning are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
demand for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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