MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
distance learning technology enable
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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