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 is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online learning technology have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in online classes.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can participants
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
need for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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