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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Colombia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
desideratum for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
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