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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
online education technology enable
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
new open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desideratum for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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