MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
distance learning are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education institutions
have to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Public servants want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
need for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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