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
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
elearning technology are empowering
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are many
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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