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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
online education make it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Djibouti to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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