MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
necessity
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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