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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
technology-enhanced learning have empowered
people
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education issues.
This exciting new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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