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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
blended learning technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
distance learning institutions
are considering
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
fascinating new open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This amazing new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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