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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
online education make it possible for
students
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive open courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Canada to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Corporations want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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