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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are struggling with
today because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Case Western Reserve University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
need for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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