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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
changes in
blended learning have enabled
learners
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Students want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desire for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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