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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
online education are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to deal with
today because learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Maldives to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Scientists want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education subjects.
This book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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