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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
demand for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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