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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
digital education technology are enabling
humans
all around the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOCs are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can educators
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
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