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 the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
blended learning are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Guam to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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