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 the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
online education are empowering
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Australia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
need for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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