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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
blended learning technology make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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