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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
elearning are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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