MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
Massive open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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