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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take online classes.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Dominican Republic to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This sensational new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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