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 this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
analyzes
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Turkmenistan to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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