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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
blended learning have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also researches 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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