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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advancements in
blended learning have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Suriname to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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