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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
online education have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOCs are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
certify that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to comprehend how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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