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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online education technology have made it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
need
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This gripping new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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