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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
online learning have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
elearning institutions
have to consider
now that online education technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
fascinating new open education
initiatives.
Educators want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
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