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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
researches
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning organizations
are dealing with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
American Samoa to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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