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 this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
online education technology have made it possible for
humans
all around the world
to take online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
open education
undertakings.
Scientists want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
demand for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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