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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
blended learning enable
learners
in nations all around the world
to take part in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are considering
now that e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Seattle Central Community College to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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