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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
online learning enable
learners
all over the world
to take classes online.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
demand for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This sensational new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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