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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
distance learning are making it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
now that learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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