MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
blended learning technology have empowered
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Belarus to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
need for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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