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.
Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
advancements in
blended learning have empowered
students
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning organizations
are considering
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Korea, North to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
desideratum for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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