MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
People want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This exciting new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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