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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
online education technology have enabled
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes online.
This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Hong Kong to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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