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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
online education technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Saudi Arabia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Universities want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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