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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
blended learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Corporations want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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