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
edited collection
that
examines
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
blended learning technology have enabled
humans
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning institutions
are dealing with
now that online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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