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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advancements in
blended learning are providing the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are dealing with
today because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
State University of New York to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
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