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.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
blended learning technology are enabling
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are considering
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This amazing new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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