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.
Find out more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes online.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of South Florida to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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