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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
distance learning enable
people
all around the world
to take online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
are considering
more than ever because blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Nauru to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Students want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This thrilling new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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