MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
blended learning technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
topics that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
now that learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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