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 this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
e-learning are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive open online courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Russia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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