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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
distance learning are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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