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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
blended learning are empowering
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
fascinating new open education
ventures.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
desideratum for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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