MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advancements in
blended learning technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
are dealing with
today because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
need for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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