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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Utah State University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
demand for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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