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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
digital education technology make it possible for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning institutions
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can we
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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