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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Syria to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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