MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
online education are empowering
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Utah State University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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