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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
blended learning technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
blended learning institutions
must deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This inspiring new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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