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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
researches
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
blended learning have provided the means for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to take classes online.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ascension to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Students want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This amazing new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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