MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
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 Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
The Bahamas to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
necessity
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
need for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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