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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
distance learning enable
learners
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Michigan State University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This sensational new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
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