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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Twitter to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to comprehend how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
need for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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