MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
blended learning technology enable
learners
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Dominican Republic to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Academics want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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