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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
topics that
blended learning organizations
are considering
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Costa Rica to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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