MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
blended learning technology are enabling
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
MOOCs are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
are considering
today because learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Germany to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
need for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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