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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advancements in
electronic educational technology enable
humans
all around the world
to take courses online.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Professors want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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