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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
online learning technology have empowered
humans
all around the world
to take online courses.
These MOOCs are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
blended learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Russia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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