MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
online learning are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Grenada to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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