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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
elearning are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
blended learning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
make sure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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