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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
blended learning have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
certify that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Russia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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