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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
blended learning enable
learners
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education institutions
have to consider
today because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Vietnam to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Scholars want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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