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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
online education technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
available there is a
need
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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