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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
digital education technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Norway to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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