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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
blended learning have empowered
people
all around the world
to take classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Everybody wants
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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