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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning institutions
are struggling with
now that online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
One Month to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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