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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
distance learning enable
humans
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are many
subjects that
blended learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
desire for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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