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.
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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
online learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open education
initiatives.
Scholars want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
demand for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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