MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
distance learning have provided the means for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take classes online.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cuba to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This amazing new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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