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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
blended learning technology have enabled
humans
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
generally free
for learners 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 a lot of
topics that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
McHenry County College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
open education
experiments.
Educators want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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