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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
blended learning have made it possible for
learners
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are dealing with
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can learners
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
McHenry County College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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