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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
analyzes
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can organizations
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Djibouti to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
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