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 this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
blended learning are enabling
students
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
People want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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