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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
distance learning technology make it possible for
students
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open courses are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
need for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This amazing new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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