MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
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
edited collection
that
talks about
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to take classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
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
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can learners
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Rwaq to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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