MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
blended learning technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Aruba to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
People want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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