MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can learners
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
need
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to know how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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