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 this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
blended learning technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
desideratum for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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