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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
blended learning technology make it possible for
people
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Barbados to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scholars
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open education
initiatives.
Students want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
details
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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