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
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
need for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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