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 the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Germany to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also discusses 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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