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 this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
blended learning have enabled
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Trainers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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