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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
blended learning technology are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
distance learning organizations
are struggling with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
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