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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
digital education technology have enabled
students
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
need for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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