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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Peru to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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