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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
blended learning technology make it possible for
humans
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Czech Republic to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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