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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology institutions
are dealing with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
New Caledonia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Universities want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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