MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
blended learning are empowering
students
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning organizations
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
The Bahamas to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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