MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are many
issues that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This amazing new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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