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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
blended learning are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
learning technology institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Students want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
demand for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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