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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
blended learning have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Belarus to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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