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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advancements in
online learning technology have enabled
students
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students 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 numerous
issues that
blended learning institutions
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Germany to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This thrilling new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
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