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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open education
undertakings.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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