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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
explores
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
distance learning technology enable
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning institutions
must deal with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can we
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Guam to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desideratum for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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