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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
online education have made it possible for
humans
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
blended learning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
these
important new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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