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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
students
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Babson College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Scientists want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
desire for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
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