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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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