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
book
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
electronic education technology have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education institutions
are having to consider
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
ventures.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
need for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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