MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
learners
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
topics that
blended learning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Scientists want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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