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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
distance learning have enabled
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
these
fascinating new open educational
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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