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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
elearning are making it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Svalbard to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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