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 the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
blended learning technology make it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
certify that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Educators want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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