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 this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
e-learning are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Kentucky to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
undertakings.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
need for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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