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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
developments in
online education technology enable
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning institutions
are considering
more than ever because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Bahrain to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
open educational
experiments.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This gripping new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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