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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Mexico to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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