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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
blended learning technology are enabling
humans
all over the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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