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.
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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online education organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Peninsula College to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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