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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
blended learning have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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