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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
blended learning have made it possible for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology institutions
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Peru to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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