MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning organizations
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can institutions
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cook Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
desire for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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