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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
blended learning make it possible for
humans
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
open education
initiatives.
Academics want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
demand for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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