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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
online learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to consider
now that distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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