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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
changes in
blended learning technology have enabled
students
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
need for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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