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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
analyzes
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
distance learning are providing the means for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
topics that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
today because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Australia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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