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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
electronic education technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning institutions
are considering
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
open education
undertakings.
Instructors want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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