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 the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
blended learning have provided the means for
humans
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
new open education
initiatives.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
desire for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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