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 the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
blended learning are enabling
learners
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Educators want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
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