MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
blended learning technology make it possible for
students
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
MOOC classes are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
necessity
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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