MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
online learning are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Barbados to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
need for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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