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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
researches
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online education are making it possible for
learners
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coral Sea Islands to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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