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.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
learning technology institutions
have to deal with
now that online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Austria to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
necessity
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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