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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
distance learning technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to take courses online.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Central African Republic to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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