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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
e-learning technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
these
open education
initiatives.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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