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 the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
digital education technology enable
students
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Afghanistan to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Teachers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
need for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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