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 this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
blended learning have enabled
people
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
France to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to comprehend how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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