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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning technology enable
students
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
New Zealand to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Trainers want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also investigates the
most important 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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