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 the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
online education technology make it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
have to consider
now that blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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