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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
evolvements in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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