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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
need for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
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