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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
distance learning are enabling
students
all over the world
to take classes online.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Marshall Islands to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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