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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Lebanon to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
People want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
need for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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