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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
online education technology are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to take courses online.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Turkey to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Educators want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
need for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also reviews 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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