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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
learning technology are empowering
humans
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to consider
today because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Namibia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open educational
endeavours.
People want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
need for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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