MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
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
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
blended learning technology make it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive open courses are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Researchers want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
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