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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
blended learning have empowered
learners
in nations all aver the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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