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.
Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning institutions
are dealing with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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