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 the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
analyzes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
online education have enabled
people
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Finland to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
need for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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