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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
distance learning technology have enabled
students
all around the world
to take online courses.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Professors want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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