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 the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
learning technology are making it possible for
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Guam to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
need for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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