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
book
which
examines
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
today because learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Morocco to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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