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 the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
electronic educational technology enable
people
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can participants
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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