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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
elearning technology have provided the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Germany to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
need
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
need for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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