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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
evolvements in
blended learning have made it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
People want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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