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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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