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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
elearning technology make it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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