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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses online.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
necessity
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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