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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
researches
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
blended learning technology enable
people
all around the world
to take online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can learners
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This gripping new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
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