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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
online learning enable
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Montenegro to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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