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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
online learning are empowering
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
need for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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