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.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
digital education technology have made it possible for
students
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Kyrgyzstan to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desire for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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