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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
digital education technology enable
students
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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