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 the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
evolvements in
blended learning technology have empowered
students
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
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