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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
online education are making it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOC classes are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
need for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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