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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
blended learning have provided the means for
humans
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for students 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 quite a few
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Guernsey to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Public servants want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
demand for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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