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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advancements in
electronic education technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to take classes online.
These massive open courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
new open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
need for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also considers the
key 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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