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
book
which
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
technology-enhanced learning have enabled
students
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOC classes are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Corporations want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
need for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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