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.
Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
distance learning have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can we
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Macau to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Corporations want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This amazing new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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