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
book
that
explores
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
developments in
blended learning technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning institutions
must deal with
now that online education technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Students want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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