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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
blended learning technology are enabling
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
today because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Wake Island to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Academics want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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