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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
elearning have provided the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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