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.
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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
blended learning are empowering
students
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
new open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
need for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This gripping new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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