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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Ball State University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
desideratum for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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