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 this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
online learning are enabling
people
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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