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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
analyzes
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to consider
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Tristan da Cunha to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
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