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 the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
distance learning have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to consider
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Students want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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