MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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