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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
online learning have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can students
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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