MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Comoros to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
undertakings.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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