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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advancements in
electronic education technology make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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