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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
humans
all around the world
to take classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kazakhstan to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
Public servants want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
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