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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
blended learning technology enable
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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