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.
Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
distance learning technology are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to deal with
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can students
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Instructors want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
desire for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
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