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.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
blended learning technology enable
learners
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning organizations
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Google+ to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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