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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
blended learning are enabling
people
all over the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Swaziland to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
need for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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