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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
students
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Universities want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
need for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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