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.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
blended learning are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Public servants want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education subjects.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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