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 this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning are empowering
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can participants
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
New Caledonia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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