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 is a
book
which
considers
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
online learning have enabled
people
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This inspiring new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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