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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Netherlands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This sensational new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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