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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
students
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Maldives to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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