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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning technology are empowering
humans
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
must deal with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Russia to conduct these MOOCs?
How can teachers
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Students
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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