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 the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
advancements in
blended learning technology are empowering
learners
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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