MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
blended learning technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Vanuatu to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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