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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
developments in
distance learning technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
need for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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