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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
distance learning technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
WizIQ to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Academics want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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