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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
demand
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This inspiring new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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