MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
analyzes
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
electronic education technology are enabling
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desire for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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