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 the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
blended learning are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
have to deal with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
certify that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Wake Island to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
important new open educational
ventures.
Instructors want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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