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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
analyzes
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
online learning have empowered
humans
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are quite a few
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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