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 the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online learning are providing the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Malta to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
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