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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
advancements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOCs are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This sensational new book
also articulates the
major 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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