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 this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
investigates
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
changes in
online education have provided the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOCs are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Pakistan to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
need for
details
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This inspiring new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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