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 this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning technology institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desire for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
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