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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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