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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
learning technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These MOOC classes are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Grenada to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
need for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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