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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
online education technology are providing the means for
humans
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Belize to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
necessity
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Students want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
desire for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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