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 the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
have to deal with
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Iraq to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
need for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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