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.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
online education make it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOCs are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cape Verde to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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